<p>Okay, so I was wondering if I could possibly get into one of the ivy leagues ( or Stanford, MIT, Northwestern, etc.) with my qualifications. I am currently aiming for my state's best public school because of finances ( University of Washington), but I heard that the upper echelon of colleges can provide great financial aid, so I'm starting to consider them as viable options. I come from a very small, rural school (my class has 65 students) and I have taken all of the AP classes that were offered (a grand total of 2). I am on track to be valedictorian. I am a white female.</p>
<p>4.0 GPA (un-weighted) my school does not weight GPA</p>
<p>In terms of course rigor, I took the most advanced courses available to me, so I suppose it will have to do.</p>
<p>2110 super-scored SAT (I took it twice) (740 reading, 660 math, 710 writing)</p>
<p>34 composite ACT (35 reading, 32 science, 35 english, 33 math) I only scored an 8 on the essay, however; I plan to retake it.</p>
<p>I wonder if I should just send my ACT score, because it is considerably better than the SAT. Will it hurt my chances if I just send one?</p>
<p>SAT II: 800 U.S. History, 780 World History, 680 Math lvl 2 ( I plan to retake math level 2 and take chemistry and literature in October) (math is not one of my strengths)</p>
<p>AP results are not back yet.
AP Tests: U.S. History (I expect a 4 or 5) and Chemistry( 3,4,5)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: </p>
<p>Knowledge Bowl (western equivalent of Quiz Bowl)
(9,10,11,12) (Team Captain(10,11,12)) (Regional Champions (9,11)) (State Champions (10,11)) (National Academic Championship appearances (10,11)) (Top 20 finish at National Academic Championships (11))</p>
<p>Tae Kwon Do (instructor, 2nd degree black belt)
(9,10,11) (7 years experience)</p>
<p>Moo Yea Do (assistant instructor, 1st degree black belt)
(9.10,11) (10 years experience)</p>
<p>National Honor Society (Vice President)
(11,12)*</p>
<p>Softball
(11) (Right field, catcher) (Rookie of the Year) Our team went to districts for the first time in 27 years.</p>
<p>ASB Treasurer
(12)**</p>
<p>Mock Trial and Debate
(9,10) (club was disbanded after my sophomore year due to a lack of a former lawyer on staff)</p>
<p>Yearbook (Editor)
(11,12)</p>
<p>Newspaper (Editor-in-chief)
(11,12)</p>
<p>A admit that my extracurricular activities look weak, but Knowledge Bowl is my heart and soul, and the majority of my life has been dedicated to my martial arts, leaving me unable to participate in school sports until I took three months off from both, something I was unwilling to do until my friends encouraged me to join softball. Between Knowledge Bowl and martial arts, I just don't have time to do much of anything else during the school year. As for summers, I am going to a journalism camp this year. (All of my other summers were spent on vacation with my families) As for community service, besides the occasional food or blood drive, there just are not that many opportunities to help out in my small town.</p>
<p>I have one hook: I'm a first generation college student. beyond that I am a little lost, I want to work my passion for history into my essay somehow, but I don't know if I can do it while not being boring.</p>
<p>I hope you will take the time to give me your honest opinion. I know it's a bit long, but I tried to give you as much context as possible. thank you.</p>